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It's onnnn :)
Mikkelsen laughing. Meeke loses 18s. Now Ogier to come
PAS still broken for Ogier.
Toyota and undamaged wheels - not a friends anymore :/Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Down to 6th for Ogier...
Not as bad as I feared for Meeke. Hopefully service will fix it, and he's fast enough to catch Mikkelsen if nothing else goes wrong.
Did Mikkelsen get a puncture when he hit the rock in the previous stage?
Or was it just another example of the Toyotas being flimsy, as both Jari and Meeke got punctures/broken wheels from the same incident before the watersplash.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5KaprLXsAMPEH3.jpg
by the way Katsuta from morning stage without power steering
Huge risk of cancellation of stage 13 because of the spectators; Mouton has stopped a few times, and so has the police and the 000.
Kris Meeke
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Hi everyone,
This Rally Argentina continues to be one full of twists and turns. We've got to lunchtime service on the second day in fourth position overall, having enjoyed highs and lows this morning.
In general I've been enjoying the driving so far today. The rhythm has been good and the speed quite okay; Seb Marshall and I have been targeting a podium place, of course, and we've been taking some seconds out of Seb Ogier.
Then on the long stage, unfortunately about 20km into the test I went though a small watersplash and lost the brakes completely. Literally on the next corner, when I braked for it, the pedal went straight to the floor.
That was bad enough, but it meant I ran a little bit wide later on in the stage, just at the entry to another watersplash, and touched a rock. That broke the rim and gave us a puncture, and it also pushed the front into the water - where there was yet another rock, which punctured that wheel as well! We did a bit of swapping around before the superspecial but even so, we had to do that stage - which is a longer superspecial than most - with one flat tyre, so we lost a bit more time.
So the end result of it all is that we're still fourth - ahead of Ogier now but behind Andreas Mikkelsen, who had a bit of a cleaner run this morning. The gap isn't so big and we were quicker than Andreas before, so I think a podium is still possible; I'm going to try my best to secure that, while keeping in mind that we need to bring points home for TOYOTA GAZOO Racing WRC.
Thanks, as always, for your support,
Kris
I hope they will have a serious look into that. Steel tubes are not supposed to crack.Quote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
Ogier basically saying they want to get others penalized for not following the route trough gates....
we do not care what Mrs Kaisers pet dog cries about.... we have a rally to followQuote:
Originally Posted by mknight
unless of course it wants to discuss what those border jumper organisers did to save him from the flat tyre in mexico as well...
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#Tyre info - Day 2 afternoon:
All Michelin @OfficialWRC drivers with 5 MICHELIN LTX Force Medium (M6)
#RallyArgentina #MichelinWRC
Latvala 10sec faster from morning pass.
i wonder if Tanak and Neuville touched this stone at the river pass ,the stone where had puncture Meeke and Latvala
Mikkelsen 13 sec faster from morning pass
Ott slow for some reason
Ogier fastest at 1st split
Something must be wrong with Ott. His never this slow.
Did anybody else see the backflip of a spectator from the onboard of Ogier now? 😂
has toyota made a mistake with setup for 2nd loop?
Absolute snail pace. Wtf Ott
he cant match neuville this time, Neuville is so good and Ott not so dominant this year
maybe preserve tyres for the long one,where he can take much time?Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
still too much.. 7.2s slower than Ogier
because opening the road in portugal is not ideal...Quote:
Originally Posted by EstWRC
i hope soQuote:
Originally Posted by dimviii
thats a huge loss considering the stage is only 13km, basically 0.5 per kilometre
When Ott loses 5 sec on a short stage to Latvala, then something must be seriously wrong...
we will see, i hope it isnt something technical.
he lost a lot in the beginning of the stage and then in the end, in the middle part he only gave 0.5 secs away, weird
Great pace from Ogier. I wonder where he found now that extra gear.
First split okay for Tänak
Tänak stopped
a huge gap in the championsip again
shit, like he says in his movie, everything comes hardly for him
Wtf how always wtf why how????
What again?
Wtf !?